Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Hain (Labour), on Monday, 13 December 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 106 members in total.

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FUTURE OF THE POST OFFICE

That this House notes the unprecedented strong language of Post Office Chairman Mike Heron and Chief Executive Bill Cockburn when criticising the Government for delaying its decision on the future of the Post Office; agrees that a sense of crisis is growing within the Post Office, with cuts in investment and huge increases in the external finance limit as the price paid by both the Post Office and its customers for Government mismanagement; recognises that the comments of the Chairman and Chief Executive are born out of utter frustration; and urges the Government to admit its plans to privatise the Post Office are not only misplaced dogma but massively unpopular and should be abandoned forthwith, instead giving the Post Office the commercial freedom within the public sector which management and unions have jointly demanded so that the British Post Office can become the leading force in an increasingly competitive and global mail market. (Relevant registered interest declared).

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

FUTURE OF THE POST OFFICE (241A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Michael Stern (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Tuesday, 14 December 1993. It has been signed by 2 members in total.

leave out from 'Office' to 'so' in line 10,and insert 'and looks forward to privatisation of the Post Office with full commercial competition at all levels of its activities.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

241 

241A1 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Newspaper press Press freedom Brent Council

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk